Transport Safety Improvements – Stratford Primary School community

We invited feedback on the proposed changes during March 2025 and 22 people provided their thoughts.

Much of the feedback received related to the loss of parking associated with the proposed pedestrian refuge crossing along Regan Street, mid-block between Oswald Place and Brecon Road, particularly during after-school activities at the nearby school’s playing field. As a result of the survey results, Officers recommended to Council that this feature be removed from the project plans.

Of the 3x roundabout options proposed at the Regan Street/Brecon Road intersection, Option 2 was recommended.

Of the 2x options provided for the pedestrian courtesy crossing adjacent to Wai o Rua - Stratford Aquatic Centre, Option 2 was recommended.

Elected Members discussed the feedback received and reviewed the recommendations at the April Policy and Services Committee meeting (you can see the Agenda for this meeting here) After deliberation, Elected Members approved the implementation of the following safety improvements. View the minutes from the Policy and Services Committee meeting here.

Approved designs:

Provide your feedback on our safety improvement plans for Stratford Primary School and the surrounding neighbourhood

We’re making improvements to the transport network around Stratford Primary School.

These changes aim to develop a network that’s safer for our families to travel to and from school, and other key destinations in Stratford.

This project has been in the pipeline for a number of years as part of our school safety improvements and was included as part of the 2023 Transport Choices Programme when that funding became available. This project uses feedback received from the Transport Choices Programme to deliver updated design options to suit the current and future needs of our community.

What are we proposing?

We’ll be focusing on the streets surrounding Stratford Primary School. This work will take place on Regan Street, Brecon Road and Portia Street.

Work is proposed to start in May 2025, but we’d like to hear from you before finalising the plans.

Proposed changes:

• Mini round-a-bout at the Brecon Road/Regan Street intersection (3 options to consider)

• Refuge crossing for pedestrians on Regan Street between Oswald Place and Brecon Road

• Courtesy crossing for pedestrians on Portia Street between Wai o Rua – Stratford Aquatic Centre and the Hockey Turf (2 options to consider)

We’ve worked hard to limit the impact this project has on parking, but improvements in our transport network will result in some on-street parking being removed to develop crossing points.

View the proposed designs and options for your feedback

Please take a look at our plans available on this page and share your thoughts using the feedback form below.

We need to know how the plans will impact people using this part of the transport network, so we can determine the preferred options and finalise our designs.

What do you like and dislike about the proposed changes, and why? We want to make sure we work with you to get the best results for our community.

Got questions?

Give us a call on 06 765 6099 or post your questions below.

How to have your say

Fill in our online feedback form here or email Feedback@Stratford.govt.nz

Feedback is open until 4pm Friday 21 March